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Andrew Scott as Hamlet at the Harold<br />
Pinter Theatre.<br />
Manuel Harlan.<br />
PLAYS<br />
LOVE IN IDLENESS<br />
Following a sold out run at the Menier<br />
Chocolate Factory, Terence Rattigan’s brilliant<br />
comedy transfers to the West End for 50<br />
performances only. Until 1 July.<br />
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF<br />
A major revival of Tennessee Williams’<br />
Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring Sienna<br />
Miller and Jack O’Connell. From 24 July.<br />
APOLLO THEATRE<br />
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (020 7851 2711)<br />
THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY<br />
One enormous diamond, eight incompetent<br />
crooks and a snoozing security guard. What<br />
could possibly go right?<br />
CRITERION THEATRE<br />
Piccadilly Circus, (020 7492 0810)<br />
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG<br />
A Polytechnic amateur drama group are<br />
putting on a 1920s murder mystery and<br />
everything that can go wrong... does!<br />
DUCHESS THEATRE<br />
Catherine Street, WC2 (0330 333 4810)<br />
THE WOMAN IN BLACK<br />
An innocent outsider, a suspicious rural<br />
community, a gothic house and a misty marsh<br />
are the ingredients of this Victorian ghost story.<br />
FORTUNE THEATRE<br />
Russell Street, WC2 (0844 871 7626)<br />
TAPE FACE<br />
Tape Face brings his uniquely hilarious and<br />
moving comedy to <strong>London</strong>, in a multi-award<br />
winning spectacle. Until 22 July.<br />
GARRICK THEATRE<br />
Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0330 333 4811)<br />
THE FERRYMAN<br />
In Jez Butterworth’s new major drama, multi<br />
award-winning actor, director and writer<br />
Paddy Considine is joined by Laura Donnelly<br />
and Genevieve O’Reilly. Directed by Sam<br />
Mendes.<br />
GIELGUD THEATRE<br />
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (020 7452 3000)<br />
HAMLET<br />
Following a sold-out run at the Almeida<br />
Theatre, Olivier Award winning director Robert<br />
Icke’s new production, with Andrew Scott in<br />
the title role, transfers to the West End.<br />
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE<br />
Panton Street, SW1 (0844 871 7627)<br />
THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA?<br />
Edward Albee’s darkly comic play, starring<br />
Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo. A Tony<br />
award winning play that questions the<br />
boundaries of love. Until 24 <strong>June</strong>.<br />
QUEEN ANNE<br />
Royal Shakespeare Company production of<br />
Helen Edmundson’s new play, set in 1702,<br />
with William III on the throne and England is<br />
on the verge of war.<br />
HAYMARKET THEATRE<br />
Haymarket, SW1 (020 7930 8800)<br />
Royal National Theatre<br />
Plays in repertory<br />
OLIVIER THEATRE.<br />
COMMON<br />
DC Moore’s dark and funny new play is an<br />
epic tale of unsavoury action and England’s<br />
lost land. Headlong’s Artistic Director, Jeremy<br />
Herrin directs Anne-Marie Duff as Mary and<br />
Cush Jumbo as Laura.<br />
SALOME<br />
Internationally acclaimed director Yaël Farber<br />
draws on multiple accounts to create her<br />
urgent, hypnotic production.<br />
LYTTELTON THEATRE<br />
ANGELS IN AMERICA<br />
Tony Kushner’s multi-award-winning two-part<br />
play is directed by Olivier and Tony awardwinning<br />
director Marianne Elliott.<br />
DORFMAN THEATRE<br />
BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES<br />
Dynamic new play leaps from a barber shop<br />
in <strong>London</strong> to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala,<br />
Lagos and Accra – places where the banter<br />
can be barbed and the truth is always telling.<br />
NATIONAL THEATRE<br />
South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000)<br />
WOYZECK<br />
Major revival of Georg Büchner’s play in new<br />
version by Jack Thorne, directed by Joe<br />
Murphy, starring John Boyega. Until 24 <strong>June</strong>.<br />
OLD VIC THEATRE<br />
The Cut, Waterloo, SE1 (0844 871 7628)<br />
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED<br />
CHILD PARTS I & II<br />
A new stage play based on the Harry Potter<br />
franchise written by Jack Thorne, based on an<br />
original story by J.K Rowling.<br />
PALACE THEATRE<br />
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0844 412 4656)<br />
THE KITE RUNNER<br />
Powerful stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s<br />
internationally best-selling novel returns to the<br />
West End.<br />
PLAYHOUSE THEATRE<br />
Northumberland Ave, WC2 (0844 871 7631)<br />
A TALE OF TWO CITIES<br />
Matthew Dunster’s new play, adapted from<br />
Charles Dickens. How much do those in power<br />
think Europe’s poor can take? When will the<br />
people take to the streets and roar enough is<br />
enough?<br />
REGENT'S PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE<br />
Regent's Park, NW1 (0844 826 4242)<br />
THE MOUSETRAP<br />
Agatha Christie’s whodunnit is the longest<br />
running play of its kind in the history of the<br />
British theatre.<br />
ST MARTIN’S THEATRE<br />
West Street, WC2 (0844 499 1515)<br />
THE PHILANTHROPIST<br />
A major revival of Christopher Hampton's play<br />
starring Matt Berry, Simon Bird, Lily Cole,<br />
Charlotte Ritchie and Tom Rosenthal.<br />
Until 22 July.<br />
TRAFALGAR STUDIOS<br />
Whitehall, SW1 (0844 871 7632)<br />
MUSICALS<br />
KINKY BOOTS<br />
Inspired by a true story and based on the<br />
Miramax film, the show tells the story of Charlie<br />
Price who has reluctantly inherited his father's<br />
Northampton shoe factory.<br />
ADELPHI THEATRE<br />
Strand, WC2 (020 3725 7060)<br />
STOMP<br />
<strong>This</strong> multi-award winning show continues to<br />
astound audiences across the world with its<br />
universal language of rhythm, theatre, comedy<br />
and dance.<br />
AMBASSADORS THEATRE<br />
West Street, WC2 (020 7395 5405)<br />
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